Angela Merkel: A woman of many faces

President of the German soccer federation (DFB) Wolfgang Niersbach (l.) laughs with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen in Dortmund September 15, 2012. Ina Fassbender/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts during a company tour after the opening of the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes, CBP, in Leuna, central Germany, Oct. 2, 2012. Jens Meyer/AP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande react in the yard of the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The leaders of France and Germany were meeting to celebrate an anniversary of their countries' reconciliation following the end of World War II. Michael Probst/AP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the the first session of the budget 2013 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 11, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (c.) receives a golden goose as a gift from Princess Petra I (l.) and Prince Frank I of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern carnival society during reception of carnival revellers at the Chancellery in Berlin, January 24, 2012. Thomas Peter/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds up an original Thuringian grilled sausage besides Christine Lieberknecht, Minister for Social Affairs in Thuringia, right, during an election campaign tour through Germany in Erfurt, central Germany, on Tuesday Sept. 15, 2009. Jens Meyer/AP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates Germany's fourth goal during the 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match against Argentina at Green Point stadium in Cape Town, July 3, 2010. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech at the second day of the first session of the budget 2013 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Sept. 12, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP

People walk past a billboard showing a photo montage with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy kissing German Chancellor Angela Merkel displayed on a Benetton store in Paris November 17, 2011. Photo montages of the advertising campaign, in which Benetton says it supports the Unhate Foundation, show other world leaders kissing each other on the mouth. Charles Platiau/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 5, 2011. Yves Logghe/AP

German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler shows Chancellor Angela Merkel an iPad he uses to work with as she grimaces at the hefty pile of paper documents before her, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin August 22, 2012. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters